Leander Czerny
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Leander Czerny (bourgeois Franz Czerny; born October 4, 1859 in Mödritz , Moravia , † November 22, 1944 in Pettenbach ) was an Austrian Benedictine and entomologist .
Life
Franz Czerny joined Kremsmünster Abbey in 1881 . After being ordained a priest in Linz in 1886 , he was mainly active in pastoral care in the monastery parishes, as a teacher at the grammar school (English, French) and in the monastery administration. 1905 Abbot of Kremsmünsterelected, he was in office for almost a quarter of a century. He reopened the boarding school and continued the construction and restoration work. In 1910 the monastery received electric light. During the First World War, he mainly had to struggle with the economic difficulties it caused (in 1916 the copper roof had to be handed over to the collegiate church) and was forced to sell some properties. The sale of the house in Linz led to a falling out with the convent and his resignation in January 1929.
He then devoted himself only to his insect research, which earned him worldwide recognition. He described 34 genera and 223 species of two-winged anew. Two genera and 18 species were named in his honor, e.g. B. Sciomyza czernyi and Heteromeringia czernyi .
After the government seized the monastery in 1941, he went to Pettenbach, where he died in 1944. He bequeathed his large collection of flies to the Natural History Museum in Vienna , and a smaller one to the State Museum in Linz .
Works
- Monograph of the helomycids. In: Treatises of the Zoological-Botanical Society. 15, Vienna 1924.
- 12 Diptera families. In: Erwin Lindner: The flies of the Palearctic region. 1927.
literature
- Czerny P. Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 163.
Web links
- Literature by and about Leander Czerny in the catalog of the German National Library
- Leander Czerny in Biographia Benedictina (Benediktinerlexikon.de), version of May 29, 2013
- biography
- Biography and list of publications
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Leonhard II Achleuthner |
Abbot of Kremsmünster Abbey 1905–1929 |
Ignaz Schachermair |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Czerny, Leander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Czerny, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian entomologist, dipterologist, Abbot of Kremsmünster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mödritz , Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1944 |
| Place of death | Pettenbach |